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There are 3 valves that i have left to do. 2 exhaust valves in cylinder 5 (cylinder that had low compression) and 1 in cylinder 6. i am definintely going to need 1 new valve for cylinder 5 since i cant work it down enough, and the other ones will take quite a bit of work. this definitely confirmed my belief that this was the issue.

This is the valve i will need to replace. After 30 min of lapping and its still only working the one side:

So i didnt get as much done this weekend as i was hoping to. Started off, as Shawn mentioned, figuring out he cracked a pistion in the m50 block last year. this explains the bent valve and low compresion in cylinder 5.

Then i realized i didnt get the right gasket kit for the head rebuild. which means i couldnt get the head back together. so i decided to at least get the bottom end ready to go. i had to swap everthing over from shawns m50 block to the spare m50 block we have. Of course i first had to paint it Eurotrash colours

I have the right gasket kit coming in thursday so hopefully have the engine ready by next weekend.